Lock-joint receptacle



July 9, 1924. 1,503,178

G. x, WENDLING v LOCK JOINT REGEPTAGLE Filed March 27. 192s XMMS@ 7% Ylwood of a non-splitting nature.

Patented `luly 29, 1924.

GEORGE X. WENDLING, or sAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

LOCK-JOINT RECEPTACLE.

Application led March 27, 1923. Serial No. 628,009.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE X. IVEND- Lino, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at the city and county of San Francisco and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lock-`Joint Receptacles, of which the following i-s a specification.

This invention relates to improvements 1n receptacles generally, andmore particularly to boxes constructed of wood or partthe nails aredriven through and to reduce the splitting of the free edges of thewalls at points beyond the points through which the nails are drivenadjacent to the edges, it is necessary to utilize relatively thickTaking this precaution the box willreadily' split and break off,particularly at the edges reducing the capacity of the box, and evenrendering the same useless.

' In my present invention, by the employment of staples, havingrelatively long Shanks, in securing the walls to the ends, and b-ypositioning the staples at certain points, I am enabled to manufacture abox having walls of relatively thin material. By driving the stapleswith one prong entering the box or lug at a point beyond the edge of thewall, and the other point passing through the wall with the bridlestraddling the edge of the wall, the splitting and breaking off of theedge of the wall forming board or member, so common in the present typeof box, is reduced to a'minimum, and is under ordinary conditionseliminated. The enabling-of the use of relatively thin material for thewalls conserves the forest product, and the employment of staples in theplace of nails, and the driving of the same to embrace the edge of thewall, with their bridles disposed across the grain, permits the use ofthin splitty material not now adapted for use in the manufacture ofboxes. 'This method o f manufacture permits the construction of a boxrelatively light in weight, capable of withstanding hard use, and of acarrying and load capacity corresponding to those boxes, the side wallsof whichare of relatively thick material.

With the above mentioned and other objects in View, the inventionconsists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafterdescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and set forth inthe claim hereto appended, it being understood that various changes inthe form, proportion, size and minor details of construction within thescope of the claim may be resorted to without departing from the spiritor sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, illustratingone embodiment of the invention Fig. l is aview in perspective of the preferred embodiment of my invention.

F ig. 2 is a view in end elevation with the end wall partly broken awayillustrating the preferred manner of driving and positioning thestaples.

Referring more particularly to the drawings forming a part of thisspecification, and wherein like characters of reference designatecorresponding parts, the numerals l indicate the box ends of relativelyheavy structure. To the upper or top edges of the ends I haveillustrated a conventional form of lug 2 mounted thereon and securedthereto by staples 3. The numerals t and 5 designate respectively theside and bottom walls, and the same are of relatively thin materialapproximately the thickness of veneer. The side walls and bottom wallsare secured to the endsV by staples driven thereinto with their bridles6 disposed at an angle to the plane of the' end members, and with theirShanks 7 extending a considerable distance into the ends l.

It will be observed that to protect the upper free edge of the sidewalls 5, I drive one shank of a staple into the end of the lug and theother through the wall and into the box end, with the bridle 6straddling the edge of the wall beyond the point of penetration of theshank passing therethrough. This construction prevents the outwardbending of that portion of the wall t above the point of penetration ofthe staple shank, and precludes the splitting of the wall at this pointwhich is so common` in nailed boxes. At the corners, the Shanks 7 of thestaples are driven one through eaehA side Wall,i and bottom ,Walldiagonally across the'grain of the box end with the bridle 6 embracingthe edges ot' the respective Walls beyond the points of penetration of'thefshanks, thus preventing the splitting of the Walls at Ythis point.The bottom Wall 5 of the box is illustrated as being constructed of twomembers, and in securing the same in position the staple Shankslaredriven in such 4manner that the bridle 6 embraces the edges of thewall forming pieces, thus preventing their splitting at points beyondthe penetration of the staple Shanks. If desirable ornecessary,fdepending on the size of the box, the walls may be split tothe ends at points intermediate their edges.

I claim A lug box, including a pair of ends of Arelatively thickmaterial, side and bottom lugs mounted on the upper edges o the ends andhaving overhanging portions extending inwardly of the box, and staples`securing said side and bottom Walls to said ends having the bridlesarranged in inelined relation with respect to the ends of the box toposition the ends of said staples out of line With the grain of the Woodto prevent splitting of said ends, certain of said staples having oneleg embedded in the box end, the bridles extending beyond the free upperedges of the sides in in clined relation to said ends and the other legsembedded in the overhanging portions of said lugs, for preventingsplitting of. the box ends and the upper free edges of the sides and forreenforcing the'eonnection of the lugs with the box ends.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification. t

GEORGE x. WENDLING.

